Well here we are again. Not as long, eh? Haha well anyway here we go.
The Breaking Point
Chapter Six
At the hospital Ino and her mother sat in the waiting room. Ino was extremely worried about her father. Through her whole life she'd only been in the hospital once. When she'd broken her arm in third grade. She hated to be in the hospital. Chills went down her spine as she saw doctors and nurses rushing everywhere. Patient's families were crying and waiting nervously. You could literally feel how tense everything was. Ino took a breath in an attempt to calm herself. Akina sat quietly reading a magazine off the table next to her. Then the moment of truth came. A grey haired Doctor with glasses came out with a clipboard. All of the people waiting in the waiting room leaned forward. "The Yamanaka family?" He asked. At once all of the other families sat back in their seats and went on worrying. Then Akina stood up and walked over to the doctor. Ino followed carefully counting her steps, as if each one brought her closer to the edge.
"Are you Yamanaka Inoichi's family?" The Doctor asked again. Akina nodded. "How is he?" Ino found herself asking. "Honestly, He's not good. The car hit him while he was getting into his car. The door slammed on his leg and his head went crashing into the passenger seat door." The Doctor, whose nametag read 'Yakushi Kabuto MD', described. "His leg was severely injured, and he may have some major brain damage. We will need to do major surgery on his leg and head." Ino looked from her mother to the Doctor. "What are his chances?" Akina asked calmly. It amazed Ino how calm her mother was after hearing this. Kabuto looked at his clipboard. "This surgery has a thirty percent chance of failure."
Ino's heart sank. "Thirty percent chance of failure? What does that mean?" She asked. Kabuto turned his head to her and pushed his glasses up his nose. "If it fails he will die." He told her bluntly. Ino gasped. "But it's only a thirty percent chance of failure. It's been done many times successfully, right?" Akina stepped in. Kabuto nodded. "Yes, of course it has. Numerous times." Ino was still wide eyed with terror. "See honey, don't worry about a thing. Your Father will be fine. Just leave it to the experts." Ino nodded slowly. "Can we see him?" Akina asked. Kabuto shook his head. "I'm afraid not, he is out cold from many pain killers, and is about to be prepped fro surgery." He explained. "When is the surgery?" Akina asked. "First thing in the morning." Akina nodded. "Well, let's go Ino. You need to get some sleep. Don't you have a nig concert to go to tomorrow?" Her mother asked. Then it hit her. "The Home Made Kazoku concert!" She thought. "I can't go when Dad's in the hospital." She said. "Nonsense, your father will be just fine. You on the other hand need to go out with your friends and have fun. So just go to the concert and you will see you Dad when it's over." Akina said. Ino sighed. "Fine." With that the two women went home.
The next day Ino got ready for the concert. She put on her outfit she had picked out and brushed her hair. She decided to leave it down, and put on a purple headband that matched her skirt. She grabbed her cell phone from the table next to her bead where it had been charging. She took one last look at herself in the mirror and took a deep breath, looked at the clock and left her room. Just as she got downstairs the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." She yelled and walked over to the door. "Hey Sakura, you look nice." Ino said moving aside so Sakura could get in. "Thanks, you look cool too." She said happily. "Oooooh, I can't believe we're going to a concert with Uchiha Sasuke. The hottest guy in the whole school! If only Hideaki could see you now. Of course I'd be the one with Sasuke, but still, He'd sooo regret leaving you for a guy." Sakura gushed. Ino rolled her eyes. She had more important things on her mind then guys. "Sakura, would you like something to drink while we're waiting?" Ino asked. "Sure, I'd like some water." Ino nodded and went to the kitchen to get some.
About an hour later the doorbell rang again. Ino answered it and it was Sasuke. "Bye Mom, we're leaving now!" Ino shouted to her mother. "Have fun honey!" Akina shouted back. With that the trio walked out to Sasuke's brother's car. When they got in the car they saw a dark haired guy sitting in the driver's seat. "Girls this is my brother Itachi. Itachi, this is Ino and that is Sakura." Sasuke introduced sitting next to his brother. "Pleasure to meet you ladies." Itachi greeted. "Nice to meet you too Itachi kun." Sakura smiled brightly. Then Itachi pushed the gas and drove off.
At the stadium Itachi left to do his job and Ino, Sasuke and Sakura wandered around looking for the rest of their friends. They found Shikamaru dozing off in his seat with his senior girlfriend Temari gabbing on with another fan of the band. Choji was sitting next to Shikamaru with his bag of chips chomping away. Naruto was standing next to his seat talking to a blushing Hinata. Kiba was sneaking some dog biscuits into his jacket. He must've brought Akamaru. "Was that really a good idea?" Ino thought to herself. She shrugged and looked around for anyone else she might know. Sakura was talking to Sasuke, desperately trying to get him to notice how she dressed up for him. All she could think about was her Father who was in the hospital. She sighed and went to her seat.
The concert started ten minutes later. Ino was enjoying hearing her favorite band but still couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. After the show a lot of people stuck around to try and get autographs. The rest of the crowd was moving slowly to the exit, all still chatting about the concert. The group went to the bathroom before they were going to hit the road. "Wow, wasn't that great, Sasuke kun?" Sakura asked smiling at said hotty. Sasuke nodded. Sakura frowned. "I'm gonna go wash up a bit before we leave." Sakura said. She walked off towards the bathroom. Ino was still really worried about her dad. Sasuke noticed this and asked. "Is something wrong?" Ino looked at him. She could see he was worried about her. She smiled at his gesture. "It's just that, my dad is in the hospital, and I'm worried about him." Ino said. She felt somewhat relieved to say it out loud to someone. Then Sasuke surprised her by hugging her. He'd never struck her as the comforting type. "You shouldn't keep these things to yourself. That's what friends are for. Also you didn't have to come to the concert." He let go and looked her in the eye. "If you were so worried why did you come?" Sasuke asked. "My mom said I needed to get out and hang with my friends." She confessed. Sasuke smiled. "I'm glad you did." He said smiling at her. She smiled at him. Then slowly they leaned forward and kissed. Something in her screamed no, but she ignored it. When they broke apart Ino saw pink out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw Sakura with tears brimming in her eyes, while Ino's went wide. "Sakura, wait." She said. But she was too late, Sakura turned and ran off. Sasuke looked confused. Ino stared at him and then looked at the spot where Sakura had been standing. "I'm sorry." She said. Then she took off after Sakura.
She ran as fast as she could and looked frantically for her pink haired best friend. She couldn't find her in the crowd. Then she felt her phone vibrate. She took it out and looked at the screen. "Mom." She whispered to herself, and she went off to somewhere quiet to talk to her Mother. "Hello, Mom?" She answered her phone. "Ino, sweetie, you need to come home now. I have news about your Father." She said. "Is he ok?" Ino asked franticly. Her mother was silent. "Mom! Is he ok?" Ino asked again. Still no answer. But she could hear her mother breathing softly on the other end. "No, Ino, he's not alright." She answered. Ino's eyes went wide, and her whole body went stiff. She dropped the phone, fell to her knees and sobbed.
End Chapter Six
So there is chapter 6. SOOOOO much drama. But a nice InoSasu moment, ne? Well till next time. Which will hopefully be sometime later this weekend. Maybe tomorrow night. Thank you to all who have Read and Reviewed this story. But it's not over.
p.s. My birthday is in 5 days!!!!